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Fighting Forest Fires with Air Tankers 1958-1959

by: California Division of Forestry

Publication date: 1960

Usage: Public Domain Mark 1.0

Topics: californiarevealed, Fire engines and equipment, Aircraft

Collection: calfiremuseum; californiarevealed; americana

Language: English

Rights: Public Domain. No restrictions on use.

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Report from the first State funded experimental air tanker program study conducted by the Division of Forestry in 1958 and 1959 to evaluate the use and effectiveness of firefighting aircraft. This report and the practical experience gained from this study served as the foundation upon which modern techniques and policy were formed. Contains section summarizing the history of air tanker use and experiments up to that date.